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Michaelanne Thomas @michaelannephd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So cool to see @uilnej.bsky.social present our work "Unpacking the Stack: Rethinking Layered Network Models," at @4sweb.bsky.social! This paper grew out of ongoing convos w/ co-authors Beatriz Palacios Abad, Morgan Vigil-Hayes, Shaddi Hasan, & Nicola Bidwell. #4S

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jen liu @uilnej.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Catch Sheila and I on Bvlbancha Liberation Radio this evening from 6 - 7 pm CST talking about our essay/zine! BLR is an Indigenous-led web based weekly radio show on topics in/around the Gulf South :) So honored to be included in this lineup! bvlbancharadio.net

Bvlbancha Liberation Radio flyer with the show schedule for August 11, 2026. Yama Language Hour; Herbal Download with DJ Smoksho; News and Boos: Interview with Jen Liu and Sheila Tahir, Authors of "ghosts in the cloud: a Southern Gothic approach to AI"; Corn Sounds: "The Breath of the Land / El Aliento de la Tierra: Indigenous Flutes in the Andes/ Flautas Indigenas en Los Andes"

Live on Tuesday 4 - 8 pm CST
Tune in at bvlbancharadio.net

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jen liu @uilnej.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I started working through this historical framework of how extractive logics have set the stage for data center development today in this piece for Data&Society last year - excited to have the chance to explore it further in this zine with Sheila! datasociety.net/research-lib...

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From Sugarcane to Data Centers: Building Solidarities Across Infrastructures - Data & Society

Part of the Data & Society Points series "The Cloud is Dead: A Series on Living with Legacies of Resource Extraction"

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jen liu @uilnej.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We made this for the upcoming DIY Methods conference (diymethods.net) but wanted to share it now as a way to help make sense around the NDAs and closed door deals that have come out. web ready version: jenliujenliu.com/assets/ghost... print version: jenliujenliu.com/assets/ghost...

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jen liu @uilnej.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We explore southern gothic as an approach to understanding AI infrastructure where the ghosts of extractive economies past are still present in the development of hyperscaler data centers of today 👻

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jen liu @uilnej.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In re: to recent news about the Meta data center, Sheila Tahir and I are sharing our zine, "Ghosts in the Cloud: A Southern Gothic Approach to Studying AI Infrastructure" based on a trip to the hypderscaler construction site in spring 2026.

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jen liu @uilnej.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We use friction as a lens to understand challenges in developing these alternative network infrastructures but also as a generative part in reimagining what they can be. See more of our collective writings, zines, and publications here! swampnet.info/about

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SwampNet

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jen liu @uilnej.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We ask: How are climate-related communication breakdowns tied to longer-standing inequities in how infrastructures are built, maintained, and distributed in the first place, and can we design community-based infrastructures that can grapple with these challenges and support just futures?

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jen liu @uilnej.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I have a new ACM COMPASS publication co-authored with my SwampNet team (Monique Verdin, Jenna Mae, and Ozone 504) on building community-based communication infrastructures for climate justice! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Staying with Friction: Designing Community-Based Communication Infrastructures under Climate Disruption | Proceedings of the 2026 ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

It’s Earth Week! In this new series, members of our research network explore how communities have addressed the unequal power dynamics between tech production and deployment, and how tech impacts people’s everyday lives and the environment around them. datasociety.net/points/the-c...

A green, blue, and yellow promotional graphic for the new Points series, “The Cloud is Dead: A Series on Living with Legacies of Resource Extraction,” with essays by Zane Griffin Talley Cooper, Ana Carolina de Assis Nunes, Tamara Kneese, Jen Liu, and Xiaowei Want.

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